Dryad Militant
Foundations 656 • uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Collector number
- 656
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana or white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green · White
- Artist
- Aaron J. Riley
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
(green mana or white mana can be paid with either green mana or white mana.)
If an instant or sorcery card would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
"Once, my guild welcomed outsiders. Too many preyed on our generosity, mistaking it for weakness. No more."
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dryad Militant was originally introduced in the 2012 Magic: The Gathering set Return to Ravnica, designed to represent the Selesnya Conclave’s focus on nature and communal defense. The card serves as a disruptive utility creature, utilizing a static ability that exiles instant and sorcery spells as they hit the graveyard, effectively countering strategies reliant on graveyard recursion or spell-slinging. Its inclusion in the 2024 Foundations set marks a return for this character, maintaining its established identity as a staple white-green hybrid card that rewards aggressive playstyles.
The visual design of the Dryad Militant highlights the harmonious yet combative nature of the Selesnya guild. The illustration focuses on a woodland guardian blending organic textures with martial armor, reflecting the lore of a faction that treats the forest itself as a defensive perimeter. The creature is intended to be a low-cost, high-efficiency threat that scales well across various formats, and it remains a respected card among players for its simple, clean design and its consistent role in sideboard strategies throughout its history.
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